Yesterday, we drove up to a campground in northern New York State between Rochester and Syracuse, to experience the total solar eclipse at Sodus Point on the shore of Lake Ontario.
The weather forecast was not promising, but we tried to be optimistic. After all, when do they ever get it right?
During the first few minutes at the start of the solar eclipse at 2:15 we saw a small bite taken out of the sun, although it was hard to see through the clouds. Then the clouds closed in and completely and totally blocked our view for the rest of the eclipse.
Last view of the sun, around 2:15. Photo was taken with an eclipse glasses filter.
A few minutes later, about 2:20, cloud cover totally blocked the sun
During the whole (not visible) eclipse, I listened to an app called "The Solar Eclipse Timer" which kept me up to date on what I wasn't seeing the entire time. Eg, “20 seconds - Observe for Shadow bands,” "4th Contact in 2 minutes," or “40 seconds - Observe Umbra Approach” whatever those mean.
Although we didn’t get to see the eclipse itself, the first few minutes when we could see it starting were exciting, and experiencing the drop in temperature and the darkness was amazing. In fact, close to totality, it went from late-ish afternoon light to nighttime dark and back in only six minutes. Incredible!
3:16pm
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